*********************************************************************** Product: Daily Forecast of Geomagnetic Activity Issued: 2020 March 02 08:06UTC Prepared by the Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center *********************************************************************** 1. Solar activity Solar activity was decreasing stable during the past 24 hours. Solar Flux (10.7 cm) measured on 01.03.2020 at 20:00 UTC was 69 sfu. The background X-Ray flux is at the class < A1 level. The geomagnetic field was at quiet to active levels on March 1. No obviously Earth directed CMEs were observed in available LASCO imagery. The Kp index now is at quiet levels with Kp=1. 2. Solar Wind Geomagnetic Activity Solar Wind speed from ACE: 420 km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO A: --- km/s. Solar Wind speed from STEREO B: --- km/s. The southward component Bz is: 2 nT south. 3. Solar Energetic Particle Events Protons and electrons are quiet. 4. Coronal Holes A minor equatorial coronal hole (CH953) was in Earth facing position on February 27-28. 5. Geophysical Activity Forecast The geomagnetic field is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels on March 2 and at quiet levels on March 3-4. Date Estimated Ap index Expected geom. storm 2020.03.02 03 - 2020.03.03 02 - 2020.03.04 05 - *************************************************************************** Athens Space Weather Forecasting Center Physics Department, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens Neutron Monitor Station A.NE.MO.S Tel.: +30 210 727 6901 email: spaceweather@phys.uoa.gr URL: http://spaceweather.phys.uoa.gr ***************************************************************************